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battlefield

noun [C] (PLACE)
 
 
/ˈbæt.l̩.fiːld/ US  /ˈbæt̬-/

Definition

a place where a battle is being fought or has been fought in the past: They carried the wounded from the battlefield. a Civil War battlefieldPlaces involved in military activity
(Definition of battlefield noun (PLACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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